Top 10 Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in 2010. It combines what I love most in this world into one—lists, books, and blogging. It couldn’t be any better suited for me! This week is dedicated to the best books I’ve read recently that were completely out of my comfort zone. As you may or may not know, I read a lot of young adult fiction, but in 2015, I tried to challenge myself by reading books that were completely different. Let’s see which ones were my favorites… 1. Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie I loved this children’s tale from the moment I opened its cover. It’s such…
Books of 2015
2015 was a great year for books in my life. Unfortunately, I didn’t reach my goal of reading 50 books, but there’s always next year! For now, here’s what I did manage to read in 365 days… 1. Play the King by Michael Dobbs 2. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum 3. Planet of the Apes By Pierre Boulle 4. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston 5. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien 6. Yes Please by Amy Poehler 7. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells 8. Unbroken by Laura Hilenbrand 9. The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells 10. Wild by Cheryl Strayed 11.…
The Best Time to Buy a Book is All the Time
So I’ve done some shopping…I’m not proud of my addiction, but I understand it’s better than most. This is an extremely collective haul of books, some that I received as gifts and some that were free and some that were fewer than five dollars. So without further ado, let’s see what I’ve bought lately. Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy Along with this book, I picked up a little bookmark that says “Eat.Sleep.Read.” The perfect mantra for me. It’s a book about a girl who thinks she’s going to die from cancer, so she confesses all these truths to people. She ends up surviving her ailment and is left…
